I am working on a rewrite of the Star Wars sequels to address many shortcomings, missteps, and missed opportunities that I saw in those films. My critiques are not those of a certain subset of SW fans who believe the films were too “woke”. In fact, the things I have planned for my rewrite would probably give those guys a heart attack.
I understand that I will never be able to monetize this, otherwise the big Mouse will drop a Death Star on my head.
My intent is to start with completing a written treatment of my vision of Episode 7 and then produce that in video format using my own art assets and non-copyright music that sounds John Williams-esque. Once I get some response to that, I think then I would like to flesh out the ideas I have for Episodes 8 and 9.
I’m happy to share concepts and bounce ideas if interested! One of the main througlines of this trilogy is an armed Droid Revolution.
Very similar to what I’ve got going on. It seems like the most basic question that should have been hammered out as soon as possible. In the very first scene of ANH we see what the Empire is all about, and we see the Rebels fighting back. Even TPM had a grasp on this concept of showing us the nature of the Trade Fed right away.
Ship designs is one of many areas that the sequels fell short. I would gladly take V-Wings over repainted X-Wings.
The issue I now face in this regard is that while it’s easy to draft up a ship, creating one that fit the world is a whole another story.
I want to follow the same path I did when designing my own Star Trek ship. I want to avoid a common tropes in fan-designed ship that only focus on the ship’s capability. Way too many designed are basically a bigger, more badass version of existing ship, with minimal regard to why or how it would exist in the first place. Instead, I want to emphasize that a ship is a complex combination of numerous systems that is influenced by numerous factors such as military doctrine, economic, politics, technology, and much more. To do that, I have to flesh out New Republic, the Imperial Remnants, the First Order/New Sith Empire, and pretty much the entire galactic astropolitics as well.